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July 4, 2009: Lady Liberty's Left Foot

You've all seen pictures of the Statue of Liberty, many of you have seen her in person, and I'm sure some of you have sailed out to the island and climbed up that damned spiral staircase, as I have. One step and wait... one step and wait... nose pressed into someones back... hotter than hell in summer... noisy year round... perched on those little wedge shaped steps... just to peak out those little windows in the crown, at NYC skyline and the harbor.

Worth every minute of it!!! Oh how I wanted to climb the ladder to the torch.
But there's something you didn't see...

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Invisible to tourists, the Statue of Liberty's 25-foot-long (7.6-meter-long) left foot, pictured in 1984, brushes against a little-known detail that nevertheless loomed large in sculptor Frederic Bartholdi's design.
Broken chains beneath the statue's toga symbolize freedom from oppression in general and the United States' abolition of slavery—just 20 years prior to the statue's dedication—in particular.

http://cellar.org/2009/liberty'sfoot.jpg

Check out the National Geographic pictures of the refurbished statue at;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...res/index.html

And for our Brit visitors now touring the US, diminished & persistence, fireworks.:D

I have a whole book written about Gustav Eiffel, the man who designed Liberty's "skeleton". Does that count?

Bartholdi couldn't even make his scale model stand up. He engaged Eiffel (known for his tower) to design an interior frame to hold the statue up.

Cheers Bruce...National Holidays where alcohol and explosives may be combined!This truly is a Great Country :cool:

We're considering joining the festivities...Down with the British!:)

Only if it told you about the chains, Alluvial. :haha:

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Originally Posted by diminished (Post 579489)

Cheers Bruce...National Holidays where alcohol and explosives may be combined!This truly is a Great Country :cool:

We're considering joining the festivities...Down with the British!:)

I just learned that the 4th of July is the day the USA consumes the largest amount of beer.... and that's just beer. heh heh heh.

July 5th is National Prosthetics Day.

J/K

Looks like the left foot of freedom got a pedicure. :footpyth:

Yes and if the current crop of right wing fanatics had their way we would remove the torch and replace it with a sign saying "No Immigrants Aloud, GO HOME!" :sniff:

They finally reopened the crown after eight years.

Can anyone tell me, what do you see if you look up her robes? Is she anatomically correct or politically correct? Or, being the Statue of Liberty, did they give her a Free Willy?

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston (Post 579730)

Yes and if the current crop of right wing fanatics had their way we would remove the torch and replace it with a sign saying "No Immigrants Aloud, GO HOME!" :sniff:

Is quiet immigration okay?

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston (Post 579730)

Yes and if the current crop of right wing fanatics had their way we would remove the torch and replace it with a sign saying "No Immigrants Aloud, GO HOME!" :sniff:

No, they'd say get in line like all the other people did for 200 years.

What's with that grotesque little pinky?

Lady Liberty is as deformed as Rebecca Romijn.

Maybe it's indicative of all the people she welcomed that stepped on our toes.

I haven't made it to see this myself yet, however friends have and one thing they've mentioned to me is that on none of the plaques or signs does it mention that it was a gift of the French..... curious...

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Originally Posted by lawman (Post 579946)

I figured the arm pit hair and lack of deodorant made it clear.